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clarify

Improve unclear UX copy, error messages, microcopy, labels, and instructions. Makes interfaces easier to understand and use.

74

1.01x
Quality

63%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

91%

1.01x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

77%Weight 40%Scale 1-3

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The content is highly actionable and clearly sequenced with concrete examples and a verification step, but it is somewhat verbose and monolithic rather than progressively disclosed across reference files.

Suggestions

Trim motivational filler and restatements of concepts Claude already knows (e.g. the closing 'You're a clarity expert...' paragraph and the 'CRITICAL'/'IMPORTANT' callouts) to improve token efficiency.

Move the per-area Bad/Good example catalogs (error messages, form labels, states, dialogs, navigation) into a reference file linked from a concise overview, enabling progressive disclosure.

Consider an explicit feedback loop in 'Verify Improvements' (e.g. if comprehension/actionability checks fail, revise and re-check) to strengthen the validation checkpoint.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly efficient with concrete Bad/Good pairs, but includes motivational filler ('You're a clarity expert... Write like you're explaining to a smart friend') and restates clarity concepts Claude already knows, so it could be tightened.

2 / 3

Actionability

Abundant concrete, copy-paste-ready Bad/Good example rewrites across error messages, labels, buttons, tooltips, empty/success/loading states, and confirmation dialogs give highly actionable guidance for an instruction-only skill.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clear Assess → Plan → Improve → Apply → Verify sequence is laid out in ordered sections, culminating in an explicit 'Verify Improvements' checklist that serves as a validation checkpoint.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The single SKILL.md is well-organized into sections but is monolithic at ~169 lines with no bundle files; the per-area Bad/Good examples could be split into reference files for better progressive disclosure.

2 / 3

Total

10

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12

Passed

Description

50%Weight 40%Scale 1-3

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description conveys a clear domain and target objects but stops short of explicit trigger guidance and a comprehensive action list. It reads as a competent but incomplete skill description.

Suggestions

Add a 'Use when...' clause naming concrete trigger situations, e.g. 'Use when the user asks to fix unclear error messages, button labels, tooltips, empty states, or form copy.'

Expand the action verbs beyond 'Improve' to reflect distinct capabilities (e.g. 'Rewrite', 'Simplify', 'Clarify').

Include more natural trigger variations users would actually say, such as 'button text', 'tooltips', 'placeholders', and 'empty states'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description names the domain and several concrete object types ('UX copy, error messages, microcopy, labels, and instructions') but relies on a single action verb ('Improve'), so it is not a comprehensive list of distinct concrete actions.

2 / 3

Completeness

It clearly answers 'what' the skill does, but there is no 'Use when...' clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, which per the guidelines caps completeness at 2.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Natural terms like 'error messages', 'microcopy', and 'labels' are present, but common variations users would say (e.g. 'button text', 'tooltips', 'placeholders', 'empty states') are missing.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The UX-copy/microcopy niche is fairly distinct, but broad terms like 'instructions' and the generic verb 'Improve' could overlap with general writing or technical-writing skills.

2 / 3

Total

8

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12

Passed

Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository
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